TURNING THE BATTERY SAVE FUNCTION OFF/ON
When the scanner is set to receive (monitor) a manually selected channel, and it is not actively scanning, using the battery save feature conserves energy.
To turn the battery save function off or back on, turn off the scanner, then hold down PRIORITY and turn on the scanner.
•OFF SAVE briefly appears when battery save has been turned off.
•on SAVE briefly appears when battery save has been turned on, and 
appears.
When the battery save feature is active, the scanner re- peatedly turns off the internal power for 1 second, then turns it back on for about 1/2 second to check for a trans- mission.
SKIPPING DATA SIGNALS
To prevent the scanner from stopping on channels that consist of nonmodulated or data signals (such as fax or modem transmissions) during a search or scan, turn on the data skip feature. When the radio receives a data signal and data skip is selected, the signal is ignored.
To turn on the data skip feature, turn off the priority fea- ture if it is on (see “Priority” on Page 32), then press DA- TA. DATA appears. To turn off the data skip feature, press DATA again. DATA disappears.
Note: This feature does not apply to the air service band as data signals are not generally found in this service.
RECEIVING NWR-SAME AND
WEATHER ALERT SIGNALS
In 1994, the National Oceanic and Aerospace Adminis- tration (NOAA) began broadcasting alerts that include digitally encoded data. Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) includes information which identifies the severity of the alert. While this scanner does not encode specific
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